Medical News Today: Health News for Tuesday 6 November 2007

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Tuesday 6 November 2007

Vaccine To Treat High Blood Pressure Could Be On The Way

Written by Catharine Paddock

Early results from a study on a vaccine to treat high blood pressure suggests that one day it might be more effective than drugs because more people would stick to a regime based on a shot in the arm every few months than...
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Bayer Pulls Heart Surgery Drug Trasylol

Written by Catharine Paddock

The German pharmaceutical company Bayer has voluntarily suspended worldwide marketing of its heart surgery drug Trasylol following consultation with various country health authorities including the the German Federal...
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IQ Boost From Breastfeeding Linked To Common Gene

Written by Catharine Paddock

Two studies of children in Britain and New Zealand have found that the known link between higher IQ and being breast fed as a baby may be down to a gene variant likely to be present in 90 per cent of the population...
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Counseling With Medication Bupropion Could Help Teenagers Give Up Smoking

Teens Who Only Use Cannabis Seem To Function Better Than Those Who Also Use Tobacco

Guidelines For Diagnosis And Treatment Of Stable COPD Issued By The ACP, Accompanying Video Included

Prevalence Of Substance Abuse Among US Teens

Other Medical and Health News for 6 November*

New Drug Combination Shows Promise For African Sleeping Sickness

Gene Expression Profiling Of Dengue Virus Infection In Cell Lines And Patients

Parasitic Tropical Diseases In The Americas, A Legacy Of Slavery, Can Be Eliminated

New Paper On Oxytocin Reveals Why We Are Generous

Recreational Cocaine Use May Impair Inhibitory Control

Synchrotron Radiation Illuminates How Babies' Protective Bubble Bursts

NCOA And Total Care Find Extra Help For Seniors

Crown Laboratories: Summer Is Over But Skin Cancer Is Not!

Experts To Share New Insights On Improving Autism Outcomes, USA

World Medical Association Congratulates Dr. Biscet On His Award

BMJ Group Strengthens Operations In China

PDUFA Date For Rilonacept (IL-1 Trap) Extended Three Months By FDA

UAW Agrees On Tentative Contract With Ford That Includes VEBA

Oregon Receives $1.2M Grant To Provide Rent, Support Services For HIV-Positive People Living With Mental Illnesses

Allovectin-7(R) May Offer Patients A New Option For Advanced Melanoma

Vermont Ranks As Healthiest State, Report Finds

Washington Post Examines Reaction To Study Tracking HIV's Arrival In U.S. From Haiti

Auction Of TouchTunes' Digital Jukebox Brings In Nearly $60,000 For Non-Profit Organization Dedicated To Helping The Families Of Cancer Patients

FDA Expected To Approve Fewer Prescription Drugs In 2007

Global Fund, World Bank Provide Malawi With $48.5M To Expand HIV/AIDS Services, Commission Says

Nicotine Cravings May Be Dictated By Genes, Brain Chemistry

Biovail Launches Ralivia™ To Canadian Physicians

Fewer U.S. Residents Purchase Prescription Drugs From Canada, In Part Because Of Medicare Drug Benefit

U.N., Google, Cisco Systems Launch Web Site Aimed At Providing Data On Millennium Development Goals

Alzheimer's And Automobiles: New Research From The Hartford Finds Caregivers Benefit From Support In Deciding When Driving Should Stop

CMS Finalizes Rule To Reduce Medicare Physician Payments By 10%

Column Examines Misstatements About U.S. Health Care System

Public Access To 'Shock' Devices Doubles Survival From Sudden Heart Attack

Results Of Phase 2B Trial Of Albuferon For Chronic Hepatitis C

News From The American Chemical Society

Dentistry School's Work On Psychosocial Stress Advanced By NIH Grant

Nephrocor™ Introduces Non-Invasive ''Liquid Biopsy'' Test To Fight Kidney Disease

Many U.S. Adults Rank Health Care As Important Issue In 2008 Presidential Election, Poll Finds

Raid Of WellCare Prompted By Medicaid Fraud Concerns

Lawsuit Alleges Health Insurance Options For Nebraska Employees Discriminate Against Blacks

Urgent TB Drug Development Called For By Doctors Without Borders

Neurological Gender Differences Studied

When Treating High Blood Pressure, Simplicity Is Best

Advanced Breast Cancer May Be Diagnosed Earlier With Help Of Biomarker

Cuts In Medicare Reimbursements By ACP Forecast To Accelerate Collapse Of Primary Care

Powerful Integration Of Lipid Metabolic Profiling With Gene Expression Analysis

Analysis Of Blood-Incompatible Infant Heart Transplants

Nurse-Led Intervention With Heart Failure Patients Studied

Seasonal Differences In Blood Pressure Revealed

Follow-UP Of Occluded Artery Trial

More Frequent Check-Ups Urged For Urban Kids With Asthma

Cub Foods Launches Flu Shot Program, USA

Senator Calls On President Bush To Do More To Improve Veterans' Health Care

Bipartisan Measure Proposed By Maryland Lawmakers Would Include Health Care Cuts

Hypertension Treatment, Control For Heart Failure Patients Varies By Race And Gender, Study Finds

In Lean, Healthy Humans Modest Gain In Visceral Fat Causes Dysfunction Of Blood Vessel Lining

FDA Requests Recall Of 'True Man Sexual Energy,' 'Energy Max' Dietary Supplements

New Risk Factor For Heart Attack Patients Identified

Floods Continue To Cause Havoc In Haiti

UNICEF Calls For Governments To Prohibit Cluster Munitions

Combining Breast Cancer Research And Inkjet Tissue Printing

What Do We Need To Know About Biological Warfare?

Endocannabinoid System Can Be Targeted For New Pharmaceuticals To Treat Depression

High-Salt Waterfloating Effective For Stress And Pain Relief

Communicating With Victims Of Domestic Violence

Leading Science And Medical Personnel Gather To Discuss Medical Advances And Challenges In Organ Donation

Senate, House To Continue SCHIP Negotiations

Amount Of Additional Funds Required For Alabama Medicaid Budget Remains Undetermined, State Official Says

California Minority Caucuses Urge Governor To Address Minority Health Disparities In Health Plan

For Excellence In Medical Journalism USA Today Correspondent Recognized

NAMI Condemns ManHunt2 Video Game For Linking Mental Illness To Violence Controversial Game Raises Public Health Concerns

Arthritis Research Benefits From $1.2M Award

Study Into Insulin-Boosting Medication And The Ability To Survive Heart Attack

Relationship Between Activity And Weight Studied Long-Term

Study Reveals Genetic Cause For Reduced Cognitive Function In Children

Study Of Relationship Between Statins And Cognitive Decline

Risk For Dependence On Illicit And Licit Drugs Shows Genetic Bias

Alzheimer's Disease Progression And High Blood Pressure Or Irregular Heartbeat Linked

CAD Plus MDCT Useful In Finding Lung Nodules

Study Of BMI Rebound Age Reveals Heart Disease Risk Established At Early Age

GE Breakthroughs Seek To Re-Invent Cardiovascular Ultrasound

Patented Device To Test Body Fluids Cheaply, Efficiently And Precisely

Studying Relationship Between Environmental Stress And Cancer

MS Society Event Highlights Childhood MS, UK

Expanded Access Program For Treatment Of PKU, A Rare Genetic Metabolic Disorder

Study Of Gender-Related Risk With Some Cardiac Devices

RegeneRx Receives First Ophthalmic Wound-Healing Patent In China

New Academic Analysis Identifies Three Barriers To Achieving Healthy And Achievable Policies To Combat Obesity In America

Nurses Across Nation Host SiCKO House Parties To Urge Guaranteed Healthcare As DVD Released

Closing The Ethnic Gap In Stem Cell Donation One Swab At A Time

AAMC President Calls On Medical Education Leaders To Focus On Culture Change

Final CMS Rule Increases Eye Code Payments To Ophthalmologists

Leading Cancer Information Website Launches Comprehensive Section Devoted To Cancer Prevention

ASCO Statement In Support Of Texas Proposition 15 To Fund Cancer Research

Leaders Meet To Design State Trauma System - Alabama Department Of Public Health

Better Communication Techniques Needed To Work With Abuse Victims In The ER

3M Unitek Introduces Revolutionary New Braces With Beauty And Brains

'Tis The Season For Allergic Reactions

Sister Red Cross Societies Help Each Other

New Rules Should Ease Injured Workers' Search For Care

Texas Kids Receive 4,000 Brand New Bike Helmets From TMA's Hard Hats Program

Latest IFPMA Developing World Disease R&D Status Report Shows Continued Expansion Of Industry Research Effort

Dedicated To Improving Health Status Of Children, Two Healthcare Organizations Announce Collaboration

Devins Praises Contribution Of Trade Unions To Achieving Progress On Real Equality For People With Disabilities, Ireland

Statement By Minister For Health Mary Harney, T.D. On Review Of Radiology Breast Diagnosis At Midland Regional Hospital, Portlaoise

Government Commits Funding To Eradicate Plum Pox Virus, Canada

A.T.S. Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Auriga Laboratories, Launches Coraz™ Lotion For The Treatment Of Seborrheic Dermatitis

Plastic Surgery Addicts

Congress Called On To Replace 'Devastating' Cuts In Medicare Reimbursements With Positive Updates By American College Of Physicians

Ludwig Institute For Cancer Research To Set Up Its First Asian Branch In Singapore

For Older Women On Dialysis Breast Cancer Screening May Not Be Cost-Effective

Study To Explain Racial Gap In Kidney Transplant Waitlisting

Nitec Pharma Licenses Tarenflurbil For Chronic Inflammation And Pain

Unsightly Cold Sores Do More Than Make Lips Look Bad

Obstetrics Gynecology & Infertility, 6th Edition PDA Software

Largest Medical Missions Conference In The World

Young Onset Breast Cancer Patients Study Reveals Rare Cancer-Causing Syndrome

Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Earns National Health Information Award

All-Purpose Radiation Protection From Common Antioxidants

Successful Attack On Malaria In Zanzibar

Gardasil(R) Is The First Cervical Cancer Vaccine To Demonstrate Protectionagainst Genital Disease Associated With Human Papillomavirus (HPV)

Amgen's Commitment To Kidney Disease Underscored At American Society Of Nephrology's 40th Annual Meeting And Scientific Exposition In San Francisco

Making Microlitres Go Further - Multi-analyte Cytokine Testing From Randox, UK

Protecting Yourself From Colds And Flu, UK

fpa Opens Pamela Sheridan Award For Excellence In Sex And Relationships Education, UK

GSK's Cervical Cancer Vaccine Induces Antibodies To Target Cervical Cancer Where It Starts

Radiofrequency Ablation Can Extend The Lives Of Patients With Inoperable Liver Metastases From Colorectal Cancer

Allergan, Inc. Receives FDA Approval For COMBIGAN™ (Brimonidine Tartrate/timolol Maleate Ophthalmic Solution) 0.2%/0.5%

Javelin Pharmaceuticals Receives Marketing Authorization Approval For Dyloject(R) In The United Kingdom

UMassOnline Launches Nation's First Fully Online Master Of Public Health In Nutrition

AVI BioPharma Receives Orphan Drug Designation For AVI-4658 For Treatment Of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

British Dental Association Looks For Positive Signal About NHS Dentistry From DDRB

Lilly Receives NCQA Design Certification For Depression Care Management Program

University Of Central Florida College Of Nursing Receives 10-Year Accreditation

First Multi-National Outcomes Study To Examine The Effect Of Adding A Statin To Optimised Treatment For Patients With Advanced Heart Failure

Conference - A Whole School Approach To Crisis Intervention And Suicide Prevention - Irish Association Of Suicidology

Study Finds 'Expanded Criteria Nonbeating-Heart' Kidneys Don't Do Well In Elderly Transplant Patients

Colorectal Cancer Patients May Find Curry-Derived Molecule Too Spicy

New York Hospital Queens Cardiac Rehabilitation Team Presents Study At World's Leading Heart Disease Conference

Experts Call For Widespread Use Of Memory Screenings And Emphasize Value Of Early Detection Of Dementia

Ranexa(R) Significantly Reduces Incidence Of CV Death, MI Or Recurrent Ischemia In MERLIN TIMI-36 Patients With Elevated BNP

Imaging Diagnostic Systems CTLM Technology Presented At Congress Of World Society For Breast Health

Progen Presents Additional Analysis Of Data From PI-88 Phase 2 Liver Cancer Study At American Association For The Study Of Liver Diseases

Synvista Collaboration Demonstrates In Preclinical Studies The Mechanism For Defective Cholesterol Transport In Patients With Diabetes

MannKind Announces Positive Results From A Phase 1a Study Of A GLP-1 Formulation

Positive Results From Peregrine Pharmaceuticals' Bavituximab Phase L HCV Trial Presented At AASLD Meeting

Human Genome Sciences Announces Full Presentation Of Quality-of-Life Results From Phase 2b Trial Of Albuferon(R) For Hepatitis C

Medivation's MDV3100 Demonstrates Substantial PSA Reductions In First Patient Groups Treated In Phase 1-2 Hormone Refractory Prostate Cancer Trial

Watching Violent TV At Pre School Age Linked To Aggression In Young Boys

Collagen Matrix, Inc. Receives FDA 510(k) Clearance For SynOss(TM) Synthetic Mineral Bone Graft Material

FDA Approves The Opening Of A Phase II Registration Protocol Using REXIN-G(R) For Osteosarcoma In California U.S.A.

StatSure's Patented HIV 'Barrel' Technology Receives CLIA Waiver From FDA

CDC Reports Prevalence Of Worms Transmitted By Dogs And Cats To Humans Is Higher Than Previously Understood

Women Share Hope For Anxiety Disorder Sufferers

MINRAD International, Inc. Announces Construction Completion Of Phase 1 And 2 Of Its Bethlehem Plant Expansion

New Risk Factor For Heart Disease Identified In Very Young Children, According To Study At American Heart Association Scientific Sessions

Conatus Pharmaceuticals Reports Positive Results Of CTS-1027 In Multiple Preclinical Studies Of Liver Disease

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